Medical imaging system with C-arm and protection cover supported by two different vehicles

Abstract

A medical imaging system comprising a C-arm supporting a radiation source and a radiation detector, an external protection cover of said C-arm, wherein said C-arm and said cover are separable from each other and are respectively supported by two different vehicles when separated from each other.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A medical imaging system, comprising:
 a C-arm supporting a radiation source and a radiation detector; and 
 an external protection cover of said C-arm, 
 wherein said C-arm and said cover are separable from each other and are respectively supported by two different vehicles when separated from each other, 
 wherein said cover comprises an external wall and an internal wall configured to enclose said C-arm, said radiation source, and said radiation detector. 
 
     
     
       2. The medical imaging system according to  claim 1 , wherein said vehicles are both vehicles moving on the ground. 
     
     
       3. The medical imaging system according to  claim 1 , wherein said vehicle supporting said cover comprises a C-arm rotation guiding system. 
     
     
       4. The medical imaging system according to  claim 1 , wherein said vehicle supporting said C-arm is an automated guided vehicle. 
     
     
       5. The medical imaging system according to  claim 1 , wherein said vehicle supporting said C-arm comprises the full image chain from said radiation source to said radiation detector. 
     
     
       6. Medical imaging system according to  claim 1 , wherein said vehicle supporting said cover is an automated guided vehicle. 
     
     
       7. The medical imaging system according to  claim 6 , wherein said vehicle supporting said cover is configured to be automatically guided toward said vehicle supporting said C-arm. 
     
     
       8. The medical imaging system according to  claim 7 , wherein said vehicle supporting said cover is configured to be automatically guided toward said vehicle supporting said C-arm via a predetermined path. 
     
     
       9. The medical imaging system according to  claim 7 , wherein said vehicle supporting said cover is configured to be automatically guided toward said vehicle supporting said C-arm via a pre-calculated path which is automatically calculated from parking positions of both said vehicles. 
     
     
       10. The medical imaging system according to  claim 1 , wherein said vehicle supporting said cover is a manually guided vehicle. 
     
     
       11. The medical imaging system according to  claim 10 , wherein said vehicle supporting said cover is a manually moveable vehicle. 
     
     
       12. The medical imaging system according to  claim 11 , wherein said vehicle supporting said cover is a powerless vehicle. 
     
     
       13. The medical imaging system according to  claim 10 , wherein said cover comprises one or more free wheels. 
     
     
       14. The medical imaging system according to  claim 1 , wherein said cover comprises one or more handles. 
     
     
       15. The medical imaging system according to  claim 1 , wherein said vehicles are configured to be connected together so that an outer C of said C-arm and said cover can come to a rest relatively to each other. 
     
     
       16. The medical imaging system according to  claim 1 , wherein said vehicles are configured to be connected together so as to be able to move as one single vehicle. 
     
     
       17. The medical imaging system according to  claim 1 , wherein one of said vehicles is configured to be locked on the other of said vehicles via a locking system which locks one or more mobile parts of said cover on an outer C of said C-arm. 
     
     
       18. The medical imaging system according to  claim 1 , wherein said C-arm comprises a mobile inner C supporting said radiation source and said radiation detector, wherein said cover is removable from said C-arm, and wherein said cover is expandable into a tunnel encompassing the full rotation path of said inner C of said radiation source and of said radiation detector so as to protect said full rotation path both from inwards and from outwards of said inner C. 
     
     
       19. The medical imaging system according to  claim 1 , wherein said mobile inner C is rotary mobile so as to rotate alternatively clockwise and counterclockwise and or wherein said mobile inner C is rotary mobile so as to rotate continuously clockwise or to rotate continuously counterclockwise. 
     
     
       20. The medical imaging system according to  claim 1 , wherein both the C-arm and the protection cover are configured to be simultaneously tilted around a horizontal axis being a diameter of the C-arm.